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chuckdpe1 writes:
Following up on the report that the PLAYSTATION 3 would see a $100 price cut taking place the week after E3 2007, GameDaily has confirmed with "a merchandising manager at one of the world's biggest retailers" that the 60 GB version of the PS3 will indeed drop to $499, starting on July 12, one day after Sony's E3 press conference. GameDaily also reports that the new price is indeed indicative a retail-wide price drop, not a Circuit City specific sale, as a handful of speculators have posited.
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MrCreosote writes:
The Age reports optical specialists at CSIRO are helping create a new standard for the kilogram, based on a precise number of atoms in a perfect sphere of silicon. This will replace the International Prototype, a lump of metal alloy in a vault in Paris.
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The Fun Guy writes:
A piece on NPR discussed the merits of putting your keyboard into the dishwasher. Any real-world experience with this? Is this only for the old-style, robust Mac II clicky-clicky keyboards, or will modern soft-touch ones work too? What about wireless keyboards?
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jhsiao writes:
As mentioned on NPR, students at the University of Southern California have created a game showing the power politicians wield in the redistricting process.
The game has several missions showing how gerrymandering can be used to create an advantage for one party (like in Texas), to entrench incumbents of both parties (as mentioned before in Slashdot here), or to establish minority representation.